{{Short description|American media writer and producer (1905–1984)}} '''Dick Chevillat''' (December 31, 1905 – May 10, 1984) was an American writer and producer who worked in radio, film, and television.
Early in his career, Chevillat wrote for ''The Jack Benny Program'' and for the Marx Brothers,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=1984-06-06|title=Obituaries|volume=315|pages=93–95|work=Variety|issue=6|id={{ProQuest|<!-- Insert ProQuest data here --> }}}}</ref> and then for Sealtest-sponsored radio programs ''The Rudy Vallée Show'' and ''The Joan Davis Show,''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Ellett|first=Ryan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&q=dick+chevillat+radio+writers&pg=PA46|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928–1962|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-6593-1|language=en}}</ref> on which he was teamed with Ray Singer (writer). With Singer he would write for many programs, including ''The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show'', on which they refined the characters of Phil Harris and Frank Remley.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Elder|first=Jane Lenz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5riVvsRBz64C&q=dick+chevillat+phil+harris&pg=PA194|title=Alice Faye: A Life Beyond the Silver Screen|date=2002|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-210-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&q=chevillat|title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press, US|isbn=978-0-19-507678-3|language=en}}</ref> Alice Faye reportedly broke her arm in a game of charades at Chevillat's Encino home in 1947.<ref name=":0" />
Chevillat and Singer worked on television shows such as ''It's a Great Life'' and ''The Frank Sinatra Show'' and on films including ''Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). Chevillat and Singer ceased working together in 1966.<ref name=":1" />
Then Chevillat wrote/consulted on 152 episodes of ''Green Acres''.<ref name=":2" /> He received story credit for ''Gordy'' (1995), which he and Jay Sommers originally wrote with Arnold the Pig from ''Green Acres'' in mind, posthumously.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Gordy'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/gordygkempley_c015cc.htm|last=Kempley|first=Rita|date=1995-05-12|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Movie Review : Piglet 'Gordy' Warms Way Into Hearts|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-12-ca-65307-story.html|date=1995-05-12|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pegg|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cC61CgAAQBAJ&q=dick+chevillat+gordy&pg=PA194|title=Comical Co-Stars of Television: From Ed Norton to Kramer|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1024-5|language=en}}</ref>
He died of lung cancer on May 10, 1984, in Los Angeles at age 78.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|name=Dick Chevillat|id=0156732}} * [https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Chevillat,%20Dick&type=Artists Dick Chevillat] on the RadioGoldINDEX
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